Trump, California continues to encounter education

Let’s dive into some news affecting California education:

• Candidates for the Head of the School: On Monday, a former spokesman of the Assembly Anthony Rendon He said he was running for the next state head of public instructions after the present conditions of a supervisor in 2026. Rendon served in the legislature as a Democrat from Leikwood for 12 years. During his term as a speaker, California doubled its funding to the K-12 and introduced a transition kindergarten. Rendon joins the competition with at least three other candidates, including the chairman of the Assembly Education Committee and the Chairman of the School Board of the Chin Valley, who insists on policies requiring schools to notify parents if their child identifies as transgender. Read more by Calmatters’ Carolyn JonesS

• Battle of adult education: Last week, California General Prosecutor Rob Bont said that the state was suing President Donald Trump’s administration on his policy of banning elderly students who did not have the legal status of federal career technical education, English language programs and high school equivalence courses. The US Department of Education has said it will start implementing from August 9. About 500,000 adults are taking lessons in California. In addition to the likelihood of thousands of adults being expelled, the note also prohibits high school students without a law from taking college level courses in high school. Read more by Calmatters’ Adam EchelmanS

• Recovered funding K-12: Trump’s administration said it plans to free up, Monday, the rest of $ 6 billion in federal subsidies Initially, he froze in June at the K-12 schools and the adults. The Congress has set aside the money, including more than $ 800 million for California, to fund professional teacher development, after school programs and other services. This move follows the administration Conditional release of some of the means Earlier this month. A spokesman for the California Association of School Councils said: “We are moving in the right direction. The funds should never be held first.” Read more By Adam on Calmatters.

As the Texas legislation continues its special session this week to redirect state congress areas, calls for a The democratic response in California is intensified With Gavor Gavin Newo Gavard reports Calmatters’ Alexey KossefS

The Texas Governor Greg Abuta called the session after receiving pressure from Trump’s advisers to redistribute the state’s cards to help GOP maintain control over the US Representatives During the 2026 intermediate elections.

Newsom gathered with a group of Democratic Texas lawmakers last week in Sacramento to confirm his plan to counteract the effort of the lonely state by potentially redistributing California in a way that will be beneficial to Democrats.

But there is rubbing: although Texas legislation can redraw state congress maps, California relies on an independent redistribution committee protected by the State Constitution to do the same.

Some of the Newsom options to bypass this obstacle involves calling a special session and asking voters to cancel the committee – the perspective that the common cause of California, a good advocacy group, convicted as “dangerous”.

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California providers of homelessness services are bound after Trump issued an enforcement order last week It is detached from the years of federal and state precedentwrites Calmatters’ Marisa KendallS

In many ways, Trump’s order to overcome the homeless camps is similar to Calls Newsom, pushes local authorities to follow: they both want to forbid stray people from sleeping outside, and they both want to facilitate the forcing of homeless people if they have severe mental illness or disorders.

But Trump also plans to eliminate federal support for services that use the First Homes Framework, which gives priority to homeless people to live, even if they use drugs or alcohol. The order also ends support for “reduction of damage”, which focuses on preventing overdose.

Both strategies are the basic principles of California’s approach to homelessness, leaving some experts, worried that Trump may accuse the state of not compliance with his order and then reduce funding.

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